*Says They've Been Vindicated
The Rivers State Chapter of APC has welcomed the judgement of the State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which on Saturday afternoon in Abuja annulled the declaration of Nyesom Wike of the PDP as the winner of the April 11, 2015 governorship poll in the State.
“We have been vindicated in our persistent claim that the election in Rivers State was a sham and that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) erred in declaring Wike governor. We repeat that there is no way under the heavens that Chief Wike can beat our candidate, Dr. Dakuku Peterside, in a free and fair election.”
Rivers APC said in a statement by its Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya after the Tribunal judgement.
"Though, we were expecting total ban of Nyesom Wike from further participation in the politics of Nigeria seeing the orchestration of the number of death of Rivers State people in order for him to be installed as a Care-Taker Governor, all the same we thank the Justice Mohammed Ambrusa-led Tribunal for restoring hope to the people of Rivers State who have borne the brunt of Wike’s illegal and visionless administration in the past five months.
“We thank the Tribunal for allowing itself to be used by God to uproot the impostor governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, who has these past five months brought monumental suffering to our people in cahoots with some mischievous and misguided politicians whose only understanding of governance is blackmailing and the looting of our common patrimony,” Rivers APC said.
It lamented that “Wike’s tragic entry into the Brick House seat of power has only succeeded to bring back criminality in various forms in the once peaceful Rivers State as kidnapping, robbery and organised crimes have being on the increase since his evil arrival.”
The party claimed that, "For the first time in the history of our dear State, a government without any vision or blueprint assumed office, thereby collapsing all the systems of governance."
Rivers APC appealed to the relevant security agencies “to keep close watch on Wike as we are reliably informed that he is planning to run away from facing the wrath of the law for his corrupt practices and for supervising the death of over 100 APC members just because of election. Anything short of this will keep the souls of our people restless.”
